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Salt Lake City (SSN-716)
Keel Laying - Commissioning


Radio Call Sign: November - Sierra - Lima - Charlie

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Active Service - Decommissioning


Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 26 August 1980, at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 16 October 1983; Commissioned, USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716), 12 May 1984. Salt Lake City has been decommissioned and awaiting in storage disposal through the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program).

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 6,000 t., Submerged: 6.927 t.; Length 360'; Beam 33'; Draft 29'; Speed, Surfaced 25 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth limit 950'; Complement 129; Armament,four 21" torpedo tubes aft of bow can also launch Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles & MK-48 torpedoes; Combat Systems, AN/BPS-5 surface search radar, AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar, TB-16D passive towed sonar arrays, TB-23 passive "thin line" towed array, AN/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array, AN/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array, AN/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection); MIDAS Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System, SADS-TG active detection sonar, Type 2 attack periscope (port), Type 18 search periscope (starboard), AN/BSY-1 (primary computer); UYK-7; UYK-43; UYK-44, WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver, ESM; Propulsion System, S6G nuclear reactor one propeller at 35,000 shp.
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Salt Lake City94kKathleen Garns, sponsor, breaks the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716) during the christening ceremony on 16 Oct 1983.
U.S. Navy photo # DN-SC-84-10130, by Stu Gilman, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City346kA view of the spectators attending the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716) on 16 October 1983. The unfinished Olympia (SSN-717) is on the building ways to the right.
U.S. Navy photo # DN-SN-83-06085, by Stu Gilman, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City154kBalloons float skyward as the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716) slides down the ways at the conclusion of the launching ceremony on 16 Oct 1983.
USN photo # DN-SN-83-06084 by Stu Gilman, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City268kA starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716) on the James River, Virginia, on 15 Mar 1984.
U.S. Navy photo # DN-SN-84-08551, by Chris Oxley, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City484kAn aerial starboard view of the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716) underway during sea trials prior to commissioning on 5 Apr 1984.
U.S. Navy photo # DN-SC-84-10130, by Judi Baldwin, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City115k Crewmen stand at attention on deck during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716) on 12 May 1984. Moored in front of the Salt Lake City is the submarine tender Emory S. Land (AS-39) with its crew manning the stern rails. Various naval vessels can be seen on the right.
U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-84-09331, by PH2 Wujcik, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City121kCrew members raise the union jack aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716) during the ship's commissioning ceremony.
U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-84-09383, by PH2 Wujcik, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City91k The Commander in Chief US Atlantic Fleet Band performs during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716).
U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-84-09319, by PH2 Wujcik, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Salt Lake City59k Marines fire a ceremonial cannon salute during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine Salt Lake City (SSN-716).
U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-84-09349, by PH2 Wujcik, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Salt Lake City (SSN-716) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
Salt Lake City SSN 716
Virtual Tour of USS Springfield (SSN 761) from PBS's Nova web site

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